Thursday, June 28, 2012

Pre-Op Days

Five days until the laparoscopy. I can't wait until this cyst is out of my body. But as it gets closer my anxiety grows stronger. Aside from getting my wisdom teeth extracted when I was 18 way back in the 80s, I have never had surgery. It is the fear of the unknown that makes me most nervous.

Three days ago I went for a pre-op appointment at the hospital where the surgery will be performed. A nurse went through my medical history. She told me that I can't eat solid food the day before. Fine, I can handle a day of broth, jello, and apple juice. Bring on the clear fluids. Then she mentioned that the doctor has requested that I have an enema the evening before surgery. Yikes! Oh, boy. She said it's not so bad and that it makes me clean down there before the operation. I've never had one before, and I have no idea what to do. Here's hoping it comes with good directions. Perhaps I should start stretching exercises.

At the end of the pre-op I met with the anesthesiologist. When he walked in the room my immediate reaction was: "Are you old enough to be a doctor?" He looked to be in his mid-20s. Maybe he was a child prodigy, or perhaps he just has a baby face because his chin-length hair looks very 1990s. He was very professional and eased my fears about anesthesia by going through the process with me.

44 comments:

I am sorry you are nervous but of course that's common and just let yourself be for a minute or two and move on to other thoughts.

As someone who has had a LOT of surgery, I can attest, you will remember the enema as being the worst part :)

Recovery is likely to be the trickiest part (my 54 yr old cousin, also never had surgery, just had a complete hysterectomy, and what was most surprising to her has been the recovery). Take the pain meds as NOT being in pain helps promote healing as you are more likely to be up and moving around (which is CRITICAL in recovery as it gets all your bodily systems functioning again). And, remember this most important piece of information, recovery is not linear. You may feel great one day, and then take two steps back, one step forward, three steps back. Most people erroneously believe that with each passing day they'll just keep feeling better and better (and, while it is true that over a period of time, progress will be more positive than it is negative), it usually has setbacks along the way.

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